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THE LARGER FUNGI 
550. Seismosarca hydrophora Oke. (Gr., liydor, watei'; phora, that which is 
cai'i'ieil, a burden) . — ‘ ‘ Basidiocarp Iol)ed, somewhat cerebrit'oi ni, rather firm 
gelatinous, becoming soft upon prolonged soaking, dingy white to deep olive buff, 
translucent, (iiu. or more in length by lUn. broad by i to iin. high (\5 x 3.7 x 
0.0 to 1.2 cm.). Glococystidia abundant, in surface layer, filled with yellow 
gi'anules, mostlv 45 to 70 x 5 to .10 /a. Probasidia ovate with a rather long stalk, 
25 to 30 X 11 to 15 becoming longitudinally septate into four cells, each cell 
])roducing an epibasidium 3 to 5 y in diameter and 30 p or more in length. 
Basidiospores hyaline, oval or short eylimlriloal, laterally depressed or rarely 
suballantoid, 12 to 15 x 0.5 to 8.5 y, germinating by repetition.” — Martin. South 
.Vustralia — ilount Lofty, National Park, Mount Compass. New South M ales. 
.\pril. May, duly, August. 
GUEPINIA Fr. 
(After Jean Piei're Guepin, a celebrated botanist.) 
‘ ‘ Receptacle gelatinous, firm, erect, ear-shaped, spatliulate or infundibuliforni, 
suV)stipitate or sessile. Ilymenium interior, smooth or indistinctlv veined. 
Basidia ovoid, vertically cruciately divided into one or two compartments, with 
long sterigmata. Spores white, oblong or oval, smooth, ))roducing sporidiola on 
germination. Growing on the ground or on wood. ’ ’ — Rea. 
No species recorded for South Australia. Professor Alai'tin points out that 
Oiiepinia pesisaefor-mis Berk., as identified by Dr. C. G. Lloyd, is yjrobably 
Dacryomyces yniliinuis (see No. 55(i) and is certainly not a Ouepinia though it 
may be a Guepmiopsis, a genus related to Dacryomyces (Calocei'ales) . 
EXIDIA Fr. 
(Gr., e.mdio, I exude.) 
“Receptacle gelatinous, soft, pellucid; globose or hemispherical, marginate, 
substii)itate or sessile, sterile on the upper surface, llvmenium inferior, smooth, 
reticulately veined, foliaceous, even or papillose with short, sterile papillae. 
Basi<lia deeply immersed in the gelatinous hy])hae and covered by a layer 
traversed by the sterigmata. Spores white, rarely tinged brownish; allantoid, 
cylindrical, 'or oblong; smooth, producing on germination either strongly curved 
or straight and rod-like sporidiola or bumdies of cylindi'ical conidia. Growing on 
wood. ’ ’ — Rea. 
551. Exidia glandulosa (Bull.) Fr. (L., glandulosus, full of glands). 
“Receptacle 2 to din. (5 to 10 cm.), globose or lens-shaped, truncate, or pen- 
dulous, somewhat plane, undulate, blackish, cinereous, and _subtomentose beneath, 
feeling like black crepe. Ilymenium studded with conical papillae, concolorous. 
Flesh gelatinous, diaphanous, soft, blackish. Spoi'es oldong or cylindrical, curved, 
white, 12 to 15 x 4 to 5 y. llyphae 1 to 3 y, with clamp connections. Dead 
brandies. ” — Rea. 'iVestern Australia — Pemberton. Euroiie, etc. August. 
55‘^ Exidia nucleata (Schwein.) Rea. (Svn., ISematelia nucleata Schw.) (L., 
nucfeatua, having a kernel) ‘ Receptacle 1/12 to fin. (2 to 10 mm.), tubercular^, 
round, then pulvinate and undplato-plicate, finally effused and confluent, 4 to 5 
cm. either inclosing a whitish separable core of oxalate of lime, or without a 
core (Tremella hyalina Pers.), hvaline or tinged with amethyst or lilac, then 
opaline and finally biick or flesh colour, date brown when dry. Spores cylindrical, 
more or less curved, white, 10 to 14 x 5 to 7 basidia ovoid, 12 to 10 x 9 tn 12 y, 
with indistinct clamp connections. Rotten wooil and fallen branches. Rea. 
Houth Australia— National Park, Mount Lofty, Victor Harbour. Europe, etc. 
May to August. 
TREMELLODON Pers. 
(L., tremo, I tremble; Gr., oddn, a tooth.) 
“Receptacle gelatinous, soft, dimidiate or spatliulate, substipitate^ or sessile, 
llvmenium covering fertile spines or teeth. Basidia globose or ovoid, longitu- 
di'nally cruciately septate. Spores white, subglobose, smooth, producing a mvcelium 
on germination. Growing on wood. ’ ’ Rea. 
r55‘’A Tremellodon gelatinosum (Scop.) Pers. (L., gelatinosns, jelly-like).— 
“Receptacle U to 2Hn. (3 to 6 cm.), dimidiate, spatliulate or fan-shaped, rounded 
in front, attenuated’ behind, sessile or substipitate, surface papillose, glaucous 
